 Commissioner Eric Wargotz is an experienced leader and activist; a physician-businessman, fiscal conservative, and conservationist. He knows what it takes to work as a team and to build consensus on difficult matters. He has the experience, knowledge and will to make the tough decisions. Elected in 2006 on the ballot as Commission President, he serves countywide. Eric is a former Governor’s Appointee to the Board of Physician Quality Assurance. While his formal training as a physician and expertise in health care issues and policy prepare him for public service in these areas, his interests are broad including those affecting the development of strong, healthy communities. He has been a volunteer in a variety of activities serving as an assistant coach for Little League and Flag football, working with Adopt-A-Bear Foundation, as a board member of the Queen Anne’s County Teen Drug Task Force: assisting in steering its incorporation into a Council within the County government. He served as a volunteer with Queen Anne’s County Cares, a hurricane Katrina relief effort assisting Hancock County, Mississippi.
Eric Wargotz is a physician-businessman managing several medical businesses. He served as a Laboratory Medical Director for 17 years responsible for administering and managing a busy hospital department including operating and capital budgets, management team and employees totaling over 100 at times, and scrutinizing department. and hospital activities to ensure proper utilization of resources. He currently serves as an independent consultant and contractor in that field. He is former President of the Queen Anne’s County Medical Society (QACMS 2000 – 2004) and is Clinical Professor of Pathology at the George Washington University Medical Center and a member of their Medical School Admissions Committee. As President of QACMS he worked to expand membership, champion physician and patient issues and with community leaders and organizations sought to develop programs that benefit the public health and welfare of the community as a whole. The County Commissioners awarded him a certificate of appreciation in recognition of “civic and meritorious service” for his services in 2004. He has been honored for his civic service through House Resolution #280 2004 and Senate Resolution #470 2004. A House of Delegates Official Citation was received in 2003.
He is an experienced leader with a strong record of contribution and achievement to a variety of organizations and committees as well as to Commissioner Eric Wargotz received his M.D. from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and is a graduate of Rutgers University. He completed his post graduate medical training, including Chief Residency, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center of Washington D.C. and the George Washington University Medical Center where he received the Frank N. Miller, M.D. Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching. Following completion of a Fellowship in the Department of Gynecological and Breast Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) he joined their staff. They awarded him the Directors Letter of Commendation upon his departure from the AFIP. medical scientific literature and is a recognized authority on diseases of the breast and gynecological disorders. He was rated as one of “Americas Top Physicians, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, and 2006-2007 “ by the Consumer’s Research Council, Washington D.C. Beyond membership in a variety of medical and health organizations and numerous positions on various medically related committees and boards, Wargotz is a member of the Queen Anne’s County Waterman’s Association (TFL commercial license holder, former operator), Farm Bureau, Queen Anne’s County Chamber of Commerce, and Sons of the American Legion-Kent Island Post. For nearly three years he was the Eastern Shore trustee on the MedChi Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Potomac Regional Red Cross Advisory Board for 5 years and he currently serves on the Strategic Planning Committee for one of Maryland’s top-rated hospitals. He serves on the editorial board of the internationally circulated peer-reviewed medical journal, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, and is a member of the prestigious Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists.
Eric Wargotz has a strong social conscience, is an experienced activist, volunteer and leader, and is committed to improving the quality of life in our county through working with local, regional and state officials for the benefit of building a safer, stronger Queen Anne’s County. He and his wife Cheryl-Ann, two sons and a daughter reside in the Queenstown area. |